Historic opportunity melted in the New York heat: Richard Berankis landed on a Spaniard

Berankis came up with a hot day in New York Square on Friday.

The 30-year-old Lithuanian, who covered his head with a red hat during the game at 30 degrees, tried for the first time to reach the eighth final of the prestigious competition, but there will play P. Carreño-Basta, who showed his class and he took 27th place in the ATP rankings.

Playing with precision and without emotion, he only raised his fist after winning a point in the third set.

Carren-Basta made fewer mistakes and increased his dominance during the match after the start of a changeable duel.

The first four games of the match were won by the players who accepted the ball. After a level playing field (4: 4), the Spaniard finally broke the end of the set in a win-win situation, winning 6: 4.

The other two sets made it easier for him (6: 3, 6: 2), although P. Carreño-Basta made the irresistible first submission only in the third set.

Berankis showed more initiative early in the match, but eventually his steps slowed down. Nothing worked, no shirt changed from red to black, no hat; he made more and more mistakes and ended his struggles in New York without much emotion.

Berankis beat two rivals in New York this week after four sets: Italian Federico Gaio (ATP-132) and Steve Johnson (ATP-64).

This time on Friday, he encountered a higher caliber competitor.

A Lithuanian who left the competition won 90 ATP points and 163 thousand. USD (about 137 thousand euros).

The Spanish who defeated him got 250,000. dollars (about 211 thousand euros) – R. Berankis has never won in a tournament.

In the fourth round, the winner of this match will probably be waiting for none other than the world’s first racket, Novak Djokovic.

The duel between R. Berankis and P. Carren-Busta recorded the most important events 15 minutes portal.

R.Berankis – P.Carreno-Busta 0: 3 (4: 6, 3: 6, 2: 6)

The third set

After winning their races dryly, R. Berankis started the third best set: 1: 0.

P. Carreño-Busta finally made the first irresistible submission and, with interest, restored balance to the team (1: 1).

Berankis himself made mistakes and led the way in the third game when P. Carren-Busta pulled off an easy “break”. The Lithuanian was 1: 2 behind and his head was bobbing sadly more and more often.

And the Lithuanian legs don’t spin so fast anymore. After more than an hour and a half of fighting, it seems slower. He no longer seemed to be successful in his innings, but Richard recovered from 0:40 and, snatching the game, smoothed the score: 2: 3.

Carren quickly won his tickets. Deliveries of R. Berankis also slowed down. He jumped out of resentment when he made a mistake himself, and there was also a double mistake, and then a blow to the side when it seemed like he only needed to take a point. The game crashed.

In the last match of the game, R.Berankis resisted and led (30: 0), but the opponent showed his class and raised his fist, showing emotions for the first time during the match.

The second set

Berankis started the second set very strongly and, as in the first, immediately created a “break”. He tried to dominate and in the second game, which lasted, he finished again, as in the first, the Spaniard made a “break”, already the third in this match.

Both players have a similar style of play, both force the game to the baseline, but P. Carreño-Busta, who is always looking for Lithuanian mistakes, is more stable. R.Berankis has already committed 21 unprovoked errors, when the opponent – 11. The Spaniard won the third game with his passes.

The Lithuanian took his hat off, but lost his passes, and the last point was especially disappointing: he intentionally missed the ball that landed on the line: 1: 3.

The fifth game was lost “dry.” It seems that P.Carren-Busta has taken control of the game.

Wet, coming out of the pool, R. Berankis changed the red jersey to red and hard, but he took the fifth game: 2: 4.

There is no overshoot in the presentation of P. Carreño-Busto, which increased the difference.

It’s good that Richard isn’t stacking guns. He fired an irresistible ball at 117 miles per hour. speed and smoothed the difference: 3: 5.

P. Carreño-Busta has shown that he can feed even harder (124 miles per hour). Strengthening his passing, he dominated at the end in the second set, which he won 6: 3.

The first set

R.Berankis started the match perfectly, giving the opponent an immediate 40: 0 lead. Although the Spaniard smoothed the gap, he made a double error at 30:40 and the Lithuanian immediately went ahead.

But already in the second generation, mistakes prevented R. Berankis from maintaining the lead: 1: 1.

On the third goal, Vilnius’ P.Carreno-Bustai surprised the rival again. He “knocked out” the game again: 2: 1.

But the Spaniard made up for the fourth game again by submitting to R. Berankis. R.Berankis, unhappy, throws the ball into the net. Maybe this 30 degree heat makes the game so moody?

Only the fifth player won in the fifth game, in this case P. Carreño-Busta. The Lithuanian was 2: 3 behind, but in the end picked up the pace and tied the score 3: 3.

The fourth game of the first set – 4: 4 – played out in a similar way.

After three lost points in the fifth set, R. Berankis took the lead (30:40), but after the opponent gave up, he sent the ball to the dice – 4: 5.

40 minutes of fighting, but the tragic end of the first set: R. Berankis lost the decisive points by sticking to the net, and then taking a risk and asking a couple of centimeters from the line. 4: 6.